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Top 5 pedal jobs of 2024

Of all the skills that are difficult to master and perfect in professional drag racing, pedaling a tire-smoking race car is perhaps at the top of the list, which is why when we see it done well, and we want to highlight it.
26 Dec 2024
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Top 5 holeshots of 2024

When it comes to the starting line, the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series is as brutal as it comes as every driver has an aggressive mindset, and even those who aren't always on top of their class' reaction-time average are capable of dialing up a gem now and then.
26 Dec 2024
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5 greatest victories of Austin Prock's 2024 Funny Car championship season

Austin Prock and the Cornwell Tools team scored eight wins en route to the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series championship, and five of them really stood out in our memories.
24 Dec 2024
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The 5 most important runs of Greg Anderson's 2024 championship season

Greg Anderson didn't win the championship just by taking a winner-take-all final-round decision at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, but rather that was just the culmination of several other key runs during the stretch run.
24 Dec 2024
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Wildest Rides of 2024

From backfiring blowers and engine explosions in Top Fuel to flaming and fishtailing Funny Cars and Pro Stockers and Pro Mods crashing and smashing, the 2024 season was one wild run after another. Here's a look back at some of the year's wildest rides.
23 Dec 2024
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Ten Quickest Funny Car Runs of 2024

The 2024 season was one for the record books, especially in Funny Car, where we saw some of the quickest runs in more than seven years unfold. Here's a look back at the 10 greatest Funny Car runs of 2024.
23 Dec 2024
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Ten Quickest Funny Car Runs of 2024
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Rounding up the top 5 moments of Mark 'the Cowboy' Pawuk's career

Mark Pawuk has been racing in the NHRA for more than 40 years, first in Super Gas then Pro Stock, and, more recently, in Factory Stock, where he finally won his first world championship. Here's a look back at five great moments from "the Cowboy's" career.
06 Dec 2024
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Top 5 exciting moments from the 1989 NHRA Word Finals

The 1989 NHRA World Finals was filled with drama in Top Fuel, where Gary Ormsby dueled with Joe Amato for the championship and Bob Glidden tangled with Warren Johnson in Pro Stock. Here's a look back at five great moments from that race.
14 Nov 2024
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Top 5 Moments from the 2008 fall Las Vegas event

NHRA's fall return to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has always been an event packed with championship drama, and 2008 was no exception. Take a look back at five electrifying moments from that race.
29 Oct 2024
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Top 5 Moments from the 2008 Fall Las Vegas event
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Top 5 Moments from the 2008 Texas NHRA FallNationals

Tim Wilkerson. J.R. Todd. Jack Beckman. Tony Schumacher. Alan Johnson. Tony Pedregon. The names are familiar but the positions they held 16 years ago are much different than today as we take a look back at the Top 5 Moments from the 2008 Texas NHRA FallNationals.
08 Oct 2024
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Top 5 Moments from the 2010 Reading event

The 2010 NHRA national event in Reading helped kick off the Countdown to the Championship with tons of drama. NHRA on FOX's Brian Lohnes picked five highlight moments from this great race.
12 Sep 2024
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Top 5 Moments from the 2010 Reading event
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Brian Lohnes' Top 5 U.S. Nationals Final Rounds

NHRA on FOX announcer Brian Lohnes takes a look back at his five favorite final rounds from the last 10 Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals.
28 Aug 2024
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Top 5 U.S. Nationals upsets

There have been so many upsets at the Toyota U.S. Nationals that its difficult to keep track of all of them but we've managed to pick our five favorites.
20 Aug 2024
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Flashback: Michael Brotherton's 'spin and win' at the 1992 Seattle event

Michael Brotherton's lone Top Fuel win at the 1992 national event in Seattle was a true miracle comeback story after crashing the car during qualifying.
18 Jul 2024
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Top 5 Moments from the 2000 NHRA Virginia Nationals

Ron Capps vs. John Force, "Beer Wars" between Kenny Bernstein and Larry Dixon, and more highlighted the action at the 2000 national event at Virginia Motorsports Park.
21 Jun 2024
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Top 5 engine explosions in NHRA New England Nationals history

With its sea-level location, New England Dragway can host some of the greatest performances on the dragstrip, but with engines tuned to their limits, there's also a chance for mechanical calamity, as this Top 5 list can attest.
29 May 2024
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Top 5 engine explosions in NHRA New England Nationals history
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Top 5 Rookie Wrecks

A driver's first season can be one of many learning experiences, both good and, sometimes, bad, as this quintet of rookie drivers discovered in their initial campaigns.
26 Feb 2024
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Flashback: The top 5 pit area thrashes

Pit area thrashes are as old as the sport itself as racers and their crews often do some of their best work when faced with adversity. To that end, we present some of NHRA's most memorable pit area thrashes.
21 Feb 2024
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Top 5 Gatornationals winners

In its more than 50 years as an NHRA national event, the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals has crowned a lot of championships, but none better than the five drivers featured in this video.
19 Feb 2024
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Top 5 Gatornationals winners
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Top 5 Top Fuel saves

With their long and skinny layout, Top Fuel dragsters do not handle like regular cars, and when one gets in trouble, it takes some masterful driving to recover, as you can see here in this handful of epic driver saves.
06 Feb 2024
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Top 5 Starting-Line Explosions

When it comes to nitro Funny Cars, anything can go wrong at any point in a run, but as this handful of explosive clips proves, a car doesn't have to be very far into a pass before things can go awry.
02 Feb 2024
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Connie Kalitta Top 5 Moments

NHRA Drag Racing legend Connie Kalitta has been a mainstay in the sport since the 1950s, the last 25 as a car owner after a successful driving career. Here's a look at five of Kalitta's best moments behind the wheel.
31 Jan 2024
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Top 5 Top Fuel breakups

The most significant forces at work on a Top Fuel dragster are invisible until they aren’t. Here's a look at five Top Fuel runs where the car ended up in more than one piece by the time it got to the finish line.
10 Jan 2024
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Top 5 Top Fuel breakups
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Top 5 Shockers of 2023

From drivers who were expected to win and didn't to those who weren't expected but did and a few stops in between, here's a look at five shocking moments from the 2023 NHRA season.
27 Dec 2023
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Top 5 Upsets of 2023

There's no sure thing when it comes to anything in the world, but that's never more true than it is in drag racing, as the results showed event after event, and as our Top 5 Upsets of the Year bear out.
12 Dec 2023
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Top 5 Holeshots of 2023

Turning on the win light is always a great moment for any driver, but when the driver's contribution is a starting-line holeshot, it goes up to a whole other level. Here's a look at five great holeshot victories from the 2023 season.
06 Dec 2023
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Top 5 Runs of the 2023 season

The 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season was a scoreboard watcher's delight, with blistering performances from coast to coast. Here's a look back at the five best runs of the year.
30 Nov 2023
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U.S. Nationals Top 5: Winning streaks

It's one thing to win the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals once, but to do it multiple times in a row is a rare club. Here's a look at some of the drivers who have put together impressive winning streaks in Indy.
30 Aug 2023
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U.S. Nationals Top 5: Take a look at the Big Go's winningest drivers by class

Winning the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals just once is a lifetime achievement for some, but here's a class-by-class look at the most successful Pro racers in the history of the world's biggest drag race.
29 Aug 2023
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Tony Schumacher
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